{"product_id":"the-gilda-stories-hardcover","title":"The Gilda Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJewelle Gomez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJewelle Gomez\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eAlexis Pauline Gumbs\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore \u003ci\u003eBuffy\u003c\/i\u003e, before \u003ci\u003eTwilight\u003c\/i\u003e, before Octavia Butler's \u003ci\u003eFledgling\u003c\/i\u003e, there was \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, now as a new Penguin Classics hardcover, a Penguin Speculative Fiction Special \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic Hardcover \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1991, \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking speculative fiction vampire novel that begins in 1850s Louisiana, where a young Gilda escapes slavery and learns about freedom while working in a brothel. After being initiated into eternal life as one who \"shares the blood\" by two women there, Gilda spends the next two hundred years searching for a place to call home. Taking only blood as sustenance, killing as a last resort, Gilda moves through the centuries up to the dystopian future of 2050. Gomez's classic, with a Black lesbian heroine, has endured as an auspiciously prescient book in its explorations of Blackness, radical ecology, redefinitions of family, and the erotic potential of the vampire story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin Speculative Fiction Special is a hardcover series of horror, science fiction, fantasy, and more published by Penguin Classics. Featuring custom endpapers, specially commissioned cover art, and introductions by scholars and notable figures, these collectible editions celebrate classics that invite us to ask, \"What if?\" and that, through bold imagination, alternative visions, and magical realms, transform our perception of our world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJewelle Gomez\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, an activist, and the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eForty-Three Septembers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDon't Explain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lipstick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlamingoes and Bears\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOral Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Gilda Stories \u003c\/i\u003ewas the recipient of two Lambda Literary Awards and was adapted for the stage by the Urban Bush Women theater company in thirteen U.S. cities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis Pauline Gumbs\u003c\/b\u003e (afterword) is the author of \u003ci\u003eSurvival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde\u003c\/i\u003e, several works of poetry, and \u003ci\u003eUndrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Whiting Award for Nonfiction in 2022. In 2023, she won a Windham-Campbell Prize for her poetry.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52004069474605,"sku":"9780143138921","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/DlgHreRzS99780143138921.webp?v=1776704423","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-gilda-stories-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}